Born November 5, 1952

Father Alexander Konstantinovich Maksimov engineer designer, inventor

Mother Concordia Vasilievna Maksimova (maiden name Gutorova) philologist, teacher

Childhood and adolescence were spent in the Moscow region village of Aleksandrovka.

          1959 — 1969                 

  Studied at Secondary School No. 14 in Podolsk 

and the Physics and Mathematics School at Bauman 

Moscow State Technical University

           1970 — 1976                 

Entered and graduated from the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute, 

Faculty of Art and Graphics. 

Defended his diploma at the Department of Art History. 

The topic was “Vrubel’s Majolica”. 

Supervisor of the diploma work was Mikhail Fedorovich Kiselev

                         1975                             

During his years of study at the institute, 

he began to participate in art exhibitions 

of the Moscow Union of Artists  

1978    

The first museum purchase 

(State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg)

                          1979                              

First personal exhibition 

at the Podolsk Museum of Local History 

(together with Leonid Efros)

Personal exhibition at 

the State Literary Museum. Moscow. 

(together with Leonid Efros)

                            1980                              

Moving to Saint Petersburg

                            1982                              

International Prize of the III Quadrennial of Decorative Arts 

“For convincing artistic merit”. 

Erfurt (Germany)

                            1984                              

International Prize of the VII Biennale “Art of Enamel”. Limoges 

Purchase in the enamel museum of the city of Limoges (France)

                           1991                              

The first personal exhibition of contemporary artists 

in the Armory Chamber of the Moscow Kremlin Museums. 

(together with Leonid Efros)

         1990 — 2000                 

Lived and worked in Europe, 

near Dusseldorf (Witten) and in Amsterdam

            1992 — 1999                  

Work on the series “Royal Portraits” 

 (London, The Hague, Oslo)

            1993 — 1998                   

Personal exhibitions of painting and graphics 

 in galleries in Germany (Dortmund, Witten, Herdeske)

                        2012                               

Personal exhibition “Royal Portraits”, 

William Kent House, London

                        2017                               

After traveling through Iceland, 

he began working on the “Elements” series, 

then came landscapes of Kamchatka 

and the mountain peaks of Peru

                        2024                               

Part of the “Elements” series 

(painting, graphics and enamel)

 was exhibited at the “MOIKA 104” gallery. St. Petersburg